Question on connecting two cisco switches and the management Vlan 1

[Deathmaster - My ipx Doom Days]

I'm new to properly networking!

I have two Cisco switches connected together with gig port connections.  Do I configure VLAN 1 as the virtual access manager on one switch or both?  They will be connected as a trunk. Is Vlan 1 the only virtual access manager that I can configure for SSH or Telnet usage? If I create a VLAN like say 50 (VLAN 50) can that be the authoritative virtual access manager or do I just modify VLAN 1?  

Thanks for any assistance!

[Kasun Bandara]

@Deathmaster - My ipx Doom Days yes you can create more VLAN interfaces with IP addresses and access switch via that. 

[MHM Cisco World · Accepted solution]

you can use any VLAN for management, 
also cisco recommend not using VLAN1 (L2 security) 
What's wrong with VLAN 1? (0x2142.com)

[Deathmaster - My ipx Doom Days]

Thank you!

[Flavio Miranda · Accepted solution]

Hello,

 Dont use vlan1 for managemt, if you are new then start by learning this good practice. Rahter than vlan1, use any other vlan ID between 2 and 4094. 

 If you were to control the switch remotelly, add a default or static route to the switch with

ip default-gateway X.x.x.x(gateway)

Or

0.0.0.0  0.0.0.0  X.x.x.x(gateway)